Genesis 8:20

Translations

Modern

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Traditional

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Literal

And Noah built an altar to YHWH. And he took from every clean animal and from every clean bird, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Latin

Ædificavit autem Noë altare Domino: et tollens de cunctis pecoribus et volucribus mundis, obtulit holocausta super altare.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Notes

Genesis 8:20

This first mention of an altar in the Bible shows how thankful Noah was for surviving the judgment.
offered burnt offerings: The same wording is used for the whole burnt offering in Leviticus (Leviticus 1:3–9), but it can refer to any offering that is burned. Noah gave this offering to thank and worship God, who saved him and his family from the great flood.

Theme notes and profiles

Noah Altars God’s Covenant with Noah Pure Worship Symbolic Numbers

Events

God makes a covenant with Noahc. 2347 BC

Related verses

Hebrews 13:15–16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Genesis 22:9
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
Genesis 12:7–8
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Leviticus 11:1–47
The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Genesis 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Genesis 35:7
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
1 Peter 2:5
…you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Exodus 24:4–8
And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Hebrews 13:10
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
Exodus 10:25
But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

People

Noah: Righteous man, built ark, survived flood

Glossary

Altar Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Covenant Dietary Laws Genesis, Book of God, Names of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the Samaritans The Flood

Topics

Altars of Noah Animal Sacrifices Animals: Clean and Unclean Animals: Offered in Sacrifice Beasts: Clean used for Sacrifice Birds: Clean: Offered in Sacrifice Birds: Early Distinguished Into Clean and Clean Covenant of God with Men: Everlasting Flood: The Promise That It should not Recur Noah: Son of Lamech: Builds an Altar and offers Sacrifices Noah: Son of Lamech: Receives the Covenant from God That No Flood Would Ever Again Visit the Earth Patriarchal Government: Exercised in Acting As Priests Priests: During Patriarchal Age Heads of Families Acted As Sacrifices: Consisted of Clean Animals or Bloody Sacrifices Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice by Noah Sheep: Offered in Sacrifice from the Earliest Age Thankfulness: To God of Noah The Burnt offering: The Most Ancient of all Sacrifices

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